Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4061, Moses Gleason, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Gleason, Moses
P. 4061.
CONTENTS

No 8
Mrs. Garrison of New York
Rejected
Rev. P. L. Hanco

By  BRIEF in the case of Moses Thason of Middlebury  of Tennessee in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 - July 12 1832  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July 1 In 1798 4 Private Genl. Parker   July 1 1781 (Cont) 4 Teamster Brick  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire County Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective  The name of the Officer given (Field) 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Mahony Examining Clerk.  July 21 1832

Abner Gleason Declaration
1835
Please make returns to Horace M. Loper Patawom Genesee Co. N.Y.
Examined
Hy. d. d.

Declaration of Moses Gleason, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7-1832 -
State of New York
Genesee County ss
On this fifteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas being a court of Record and having a seal, now sitting in Batavia in and for said county in said State, Moses Gleason, a resident of the town of Middlebury, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, aged seventy years on 12 th July 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7-1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That on or about the first of July 1778 while he resided in Winber in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the State militia of Mass. for two months and went to Springfield and was in a company commanded by Capt. Parker - don't recollect any other company officers and he was not attached to any Regiment - was stationed at Springfield to guard the stores, magazines &c, - and served four months and then his brother John Gleason came and took his place and served the remaining two months - he was verbally discharged at the end of four months and went home.
That on the 1 st September 1781 - he enlisted under Capt. Buck into a Company of troops belonging to the Continental Service - commanded by him for four months - and went to at Springfield and took a load of prize clothing and carried to Pitskill - then went to Newburgh and was stationed there in that vicinity and served as a teamster, and found his own team - four oxen and one horse for four months - that the service was not on a civil contract but under his

enlistment aforesaid - that he served the four months, was discharged at Windsor, evidently - never received any written discharge - has no documentary evidence of his services - and knows of no person by whom he can prove his service in the first campaign - and that Deacon Hatch is the only person by whom he can prove his last service - that he was born in Oxford, Worcester County, Mass. - on the 12 th July in 1762 - that since the war, he has lived in Pittsfield, Albany Co. N.Y. 3 years - in Stephentown in same County 3 years - in Huns, in Schoharie Co. N.Y. 5 years - in West Livingston County 1 year - in Middlebury where he now resides and has resided about 20 years - that he is not certain that he has mentioned the precise periods he has resided in each place but has stated as near as he can recollect - That Elders Nathaniel Brown and Judge Isaac Wilson, living in his neighborhood, are acquainted with him, and can testify as to his character for morality and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Subscribed and sworn to in Open Court, Oct 15. 1832: } Moses Gleason
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We, Nathaniel Brown a clergyman residing in the town of Bertrange in the County of Clinton and State of New York and Isaac Wilson, residing in Middlebury in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above Gleason who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the

and that we concur in that opinion, Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court
Nathaniel Brown Isaac Wilson
Timothy Fitch clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogat- ion presented by the War Department that, the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served in his State, and the court further certifies that it appears that Nathaniel Brown who has signed the proceeding certificate as a clergyman is a resident in the town of Bethany in the County of Bennington and State of New York and that Isaac Wilson who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Middlebury in the same County and was a credible person and that the Statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Wilson Nathaniel Brown William Mitchell
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Moses Gleason for a pension for services rendered. I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15 November 1832.
Timothy Fitch clerk

February 12, 1932
BA-J/AWF Our
Mrs. F. C. Liffing 307 Alta Vista Avenue Waterloo, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 4061, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Moses Gleason . Worcester
He was born July 12, 1762 in Oxford, Wandsester County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Windsor, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted July 1, 1778 for six months in Captain Parker's Massachusetts company, and was stationed at Springfield to guard the stores and magazines, served four months and his brother, John, took his place and served the remaining two months. He served from September 1, 1778, four months as teamster under Captain Buck.
After the Revolution he lived in Pittstown, Albany County, New York, three years; in Stephentown, New York, three years; Sharon, New York, five years; Avon, New York, one year; thence to Middlebury, Genesee County, New York.
He applied for pension October 15, 1832, then a resident of Middlebury, New York.
The claim was not allowed as he did not serve six months in an embodied military corps, team service not being considered military service.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1932 Feb 12 - His h. mrs. J.C. Liffing away
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4061.
P. O. _____
Moses Gleason
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for his Alleges: _____
honor - rejection
Re-enlisted: "He did not serve six months, except as teamster."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Cont
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Wm. P. L. Tracy Feb. 19. 87 O.K.
P. 270
Recorded Vol. 8. Page 314.

Dear Depart
Penguin Is
Feb 1833
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Moses Gleason has been examined & dis allowed - Leamington for There were no enlistments of 4 mo in the Cont d army & the fact of his furnishing his own team is conclusive that his employment was under civil contract. Including that 4 mo, the remainder of the alleged service is insufficient to entitle him to the provisions of the Act of 7 June 1832 - His papers are placed on file
Act 7 June
Hon Tracey Ho Rep

Moses Gleason Rev. Soldier
Born: Abt 1757 ? 19
Died: Middlebury Genesee Co N.Y.
Married - Mercy x - abt 1779/80.
Enlisted Vermont Regiment date _____ ?
Regt _____ ?
Orwell N.Y. Honorably discharged date _____ ? Services _____ ?
Children:
Moses Jr - B: 1780 M { Mary Duale D: 1851 { 1783 - 1850
Able:
Chester:
Ryan:
Mercy: b: 1788 (M) Dr. James Duale { B: 1787 D: 1860 (abt 1809) { D: 1853
Charlotte:
Olive:
Sarah:
Hannah:
Lucy:

United States Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
What data, if any, do you have concerning:
William Headington
James Phillips
Moses Gleason
Data to be used
D.H.R. work.
Sincerely
(Mrs. F.C.) C. Agnes P. Lillibridge Park Pigeon, Mary Melrose Chapel, #307 Alta Vista Ave., Waterloo Iowa. 1-19-32

Moses Gleason New York Act 7 June 1832
Rejected see letter to Hon. P. C. Tracy Feb. 19 th 1833
4061